Answer to getting more volume?

[gillento]

Go easy on the Sansamps blend pot, and the lows. So it retains its mids and gives you lot of punch / lowmids.

 

[Christian Waiau]

If the sansamp is killing your volume and tone, then ditch it, and just go straight through the B2R. SOunding great at low volumes and solo doesn't mean squat when nobody can hear you ar a gig.

My main rig right now, IMO sounds like crap solo at home, but in a gig it pounds so hard and cuts the mix like a hot knife in butta!!

i agree with this... before playing in a band situation i spent all this time "perfecting" what i thought was the tone i wanted(listening to bassist play on my favorite albums).. then when i got into a band.... totally different.. sounding good AND being heard are two of the things that make bass playing a challege compaired to guitar players and pretty much any other one in the band... as a bassist.. you need to find that spot in the mix without getting lost in the drums or guitar frequ.

 

[Christian Waiau]

Do you know if you're cutting through in front of the stage? Maybe it's just a matter of hearing yourself on stage. It can help a lot to have your cab on line with your ear. That means either having the whole cab up at ear level or tilting it up so it's aimed at your head. I wonder how many bass players think they need a tall stack when all that really does is get one cab up to ear level...

another good point... for a while ive been playing with a 210 cab... what ive done was raised the cab to ear level so i can hear it better... the problem i had at first was that when i turned the vol up so i could hear... it was too loud for the rest of the band and i drowned everyone out.. so raising the cab to ear level helped a lot.. it doesnt look very nice IMO... but who cares...